M1.6 earthquake 10 km SE of Pinhook, Missouri
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Pinhook, Missouri on Sat, Feb 7, 1987, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km NE of Steele, Missouri. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-08 04:57:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.669° N, 89.239° W
- Region
- Kentucky
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55 km ENE of Malden, Missouri · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.62 km E of Marston, Missouri · 14468 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Marston, Missouri · 14460 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.52 km S of Howardville, Missouri · 14460 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Blytheville, Arkansas · 14460 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 14457 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.64 km NW of Marston, Missouri · 14456 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Cooter, Missouri · 14456 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.32 km W of Cooter, Missouri · 14454 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.76 km NE of Steele, Missouri · 14444 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.62 km N of Marston, Missouri · 14444 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 14444 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.82 km E of Marston, Missouri · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Cooter, Missouri · 14420 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 14420 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 1.52 km E of Marston, Missouri · 14480 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.03 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 14481 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.68 km SSW of Catron, Missouri · 14484 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 14485 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 14494 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 14501 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.90 km NE of Holland, Missouri · 14503 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.23 km E of Marston, Missouri · 14506 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm603041. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:40 PM UTC.